Nabarun Bhattacharya
Indian writer and poet
Nabarun Bhattacharya (23 June 1948 – 31 July 2014) was an Indian Bengali writer. He was committed to a revolutionary and philosophy.
Nabarun Bhattacharya | |
---|---|
Born | Baharampur (Berhampur), West Bengal | 23 June 1948
Died | 31 July 2014 Kolkata, India | (aged 66)
Occupation | writer, editor |
Language | Bengali |
Notable works | Herbert (1994) |
Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi Award (Bengali) |
Relatives | Bijon Bhattacharya (father) Mahashweta Devi (mother) |
Bhattacharya was born at Baharampur (Berhampur), West Bengal. He was the only child of actor Bijon Bhattacharya and writer Mahashweta Devi.[1]
He was known for his novel, Herbert (1993), which was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award, and adapted into a movie of the same name in 2005, by Suman Mukhopadhyay.[2]
Bhattacharya died of pancreatic cancer at a hospital in Kolkata on 31 July 2014, aged 66.[3]
References
change- ↑ Dutt, Kartik Chandra (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. Sahitya Akademi. p. 164. ISBN 978-81-260-0873-5.
- ↑ Nathan Lee (10 December 2008). "Storm Advisory: Cyclone of a Life on the Horizon". New York Times.
- ↑ "Radical Bengali writer Nabarun Bhattacharya dies at 66 - IBNLive". Ibnlive.in.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2014-07-31.